Digital forensic investigations: a new frontier for Informing Systems

Peter Bednar, Vasilios Katos

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Abstract

Digital forensic investigators experience a need for support in their everyday struggle to overcome boundary problems associated with cyber crime inves-tigations. Traditional methods are socio-culturally and physically localised and dependent on strict and historically prescriptive political management. The new internet-worked cyber-world creates unprecedented difficulties for digital forensic investigations. This is directly linked with the inherently complex uncertainties and ambiguities related to a constant need for framing and re-framing of problem spaces under investigation. As such, in this paper we propose the recruitment of the discipline of Informing Systems in the context of digital discovery. Early findings of such an exercise indicate that informing systems approaches can assist the investigation process by offering means for structuring uncertainty. As it is accepted that uncertainty is an inherent element in a crime scene, not least in a cyber crime scene, we consider the contribution of Informing Systems vital for the effectiveness of digital forensic investigation practices.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication[Host publication title missing]
EditorsAlessandro D'Atri
PublisherRome: CERSI
Pagesx1-x11
Number of pages11
Publication statusPublished - 2008
EventItAIS 2008: The 5th Conference of the Italian Chapter of the Association for Information Systems - Paris, France
Duration: 2008 Dec 122008 Dec 13

Conference

ConferenceItAIS 2008: The 5th Conference of the Italian Chapter of the Association for Information Systems
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityParis
Period2008/12/122008/12/13

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Information Systems, Social aspects

Free keywords

  • Contextual Analysis
  • Critically Informed Analysis
  • Complex Systems
  • Systems Analysis
  • Digital Forensic
  • Contextual Inquiry

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